melodiesoflife | Event || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

Event || The Night of the Thirteen Moogles

Characters: Everyone!
Where: Aqures Ixen (Old Observatory, others).
When: Night from the 31st of October to the 01st of November.
Summary: Midnight is approaching, ghosts are everywhere and clouds are slowly gathering above the old observatory... What does it all mean? This post is open to all characters, there are no sign-ups for this.
Warning: The destructor has come.

Mingle || Before Midnight
Confrontation || Midnight
The Cursed Heroes
King Moggle Mog XIV

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[It’s a promise.

She’ll stay home and she’ll stay safe. As dusk slowly slips into night Terra finds herself falling asleep on the couch waiting for Sephiroth to return. Her mint green hair spills unbound over her shoulder, her thin form snuggled under a light blanket.

The shake of the earth wakes her from her nightmares, her bright blue gaze searching the dark house for some measure of comfort. Nothing comes and after a few moments of silence she decides to investigate. She walks to the front door and opens it to peer outside. Terra has no intention of leaving the house. She’s in her pajamas which consist of a tank top and a long pair of sweat pants. It’s too cold to step outside but the sight of the large moogle pulls her from the safety of her home.

Her eyes widen at the towering moogle.

It’s adorable.

After a moment of panic she started to run. It’s Tempest who flies in front of her to stop her progress forward.]

Where are you going, kupo? You said you’d stay? [Terra shakes her head, the curls from her hair bouncing as she steps forward.] I have to check on the kittens. It’s close. I’ll be right back.

[Tempest crosses her arms looking down at Terra as she flutters a little higher.] You aren’t wearing any shoes, kupo, and where is your sword?

It will be quick. [Before Tempest can protest further Terra is off, running towards the flower shop. It’s cold out but she doesn’t let it bother her. Tempest choses to quickly collect Terra’s sword and a pair of shoes before fluttering after the young Esper. When she finds her hero she’s stopped, the flower shop over a block away. Four figures slowly make their way towards her; the only one she recognizes carries an arm as if it was a souvenir, the woman’s fingers curling around the limb before disintegrating it with dark magic. Sabin, Locke, Edgar were all strangers to the girl but she knew the person leading them; the General Celes.]

Tempest run!

[There is no time for anything else. Tempest drops the shoes and sword and zips off towards the battle looking for a hero who might hear her cries. Terra turns to run but her movements are slowed by the cold, her feet are almost numb. She stumbles towards her sword, grabbing the familiar handle before running towards her home. Edgar holds up a crossbow made of the swirling purple magic and shoots; the arrow just misses Terra and instead explodes in front of her. The blast pushes her off her feet, her side crashing into the ground. Her vision swims and a faint ringing sound echoes in her ears.]

[Fai had managed to get out of the hospital, turning around and shooting a target every now and again as he kept moving. Maybe there were others that might need help because right now, if they got any further then people could get hurt or worse killed. As he moved closer he could see the outline of some figures as well as another one on the ground. That was enough for him to raise his gun and fire at the leader of the small group.]

Are you okay?

[Celes's figure was shot and her body feels the recoil of the bullet though she otherwise looks unaffected. It's Sabin's turn this time, he takes a position as if he's about to punch. Instead of the force of his fist there is a wave of black energy moving towards them.

Terra's pajamas look like they aren't torn but they are dirty. She looks up at Fai with a worried glance.]

Y-yeah.

[Her voice is soft as she scrambles to her feet only to feel the force of the dark energy hit her.]

What... are they?

They were the people that were in crystal status at the hospital.

[He moved to stand in front of her briefly, he wasn't sure that since she was in her pyjamas if she had her skills or not, so he figured it would be best to maybe do most of the fighting.]

I don't understand what exactly is going on, but it's very concerning.

[Just going to fire another shot and hope for the best.]

[Terra has her skills. It’s the sudden appearance of the four figures that makes it harder for the Esper girl to regain her focus. She looks over at the group as they continue their slow advance forward and then her eyes move back to Fai. She hardly knows him except for the one time he came in to buy flowers. She’s now thankful that he’s here now but she doesn’t know what they can do. The odds aren’t in their favor.

She slowly stands and as she does she reaches out to Fai. They need to run.]

Why are they after me?

[Terra pulls him along with her sword in one hand and Fai’s hand in the other. She’s running towards her house and for the moment they are able to slip from the view of the four shadows coming after them.]

[The one thing he hadn't been expecting was for her to run with him n tow. He had honestly been expecting to be left behind like he had planned. But he figured this would give them time to get their bearing together at least. When they appeared to be safe Fai placed his gun away.]

I can't say why exactly because not even I know. I just know a lot of people are dead because of them.

[Heavy breaths fall from Terra’s lips as she looks over at Fai. She doesn’t know what to do and with her pajamas now in their current state it’d be impossible to hide that she left the house when she had promised not to. She isn’t able to dwell on her thoughts for too long because amidst the noticeable screaming coming from the city there are loud crashes where the king moogle has begun to move.

The Esper girl looks up at the daunting figure, her hand resting over her chest. She has a feeling those things will continue to follow her and she isn’t able to fight them alone.]

They came from the hospital?

[It’s a guess, it’s the only thing she can think of because Celes is there.]

The woman… Celes, is from my home world.

[There is fear in Terra’s voice as if the name of the great general is enough to bring back dark memories of that time.]

That's right. There was a room where they kept crystallized Heroes of Light. Whatever is going on has seemed to cause them to wake up in this manner, but I don't know what kind of dark magic it is because I can't sense magic in this world.

[Which annoyed him to no end really, it would help with so much if he could just do that again. Glancing out the door he could see figures in the far distance and assumed that it was those that were after the girl.]

They are coming, do you think you can fight in the clothing state you are in?

[Terra nods and then holds up her sword.]

I have warrior and time mage.

[As long as they don't touch her she'd be fine.]

Tempest is most likely going for help. If we stay close she'll be able to find us again.

[She doesn't think they can win: four on two but she's willing to try. Magic is at least something she knows and can use easily.]

Time Mage is useful. it's what I have as well, so using Slow on them does work.

[That would give them some advantage at least or at least give them more time to do things really.]

All we can do is try and give a distance, so is there any abilities a warrior can use long distance, or is it always up close?

What about stop?

[Her voice is soft seeing the figures slowly move in the distance. She has more than just the beginning spells and they might be able to help them in this fight. The distance is to far now but she's slowly forming a plan. Her mind is one made for battle and she's coming up with a strategy now.]

Up close.

[She pauses.]

Can you cast stop and also draw their attention?

[Terra has a plan but it might not be a safe one.]

I haven't learnt stop yet, so I don't know from personal experience. But from what I've seen from others using it it works for a set time.

[Which made that plan go right out of the window off the bat. He knew of people who could use them but he was pretty sure that they weren't around right now.]

I can draw there attention in others ways, however.

[If he says he can do it then Terra trusts him. She realizes that they might be drawn to her but she has to try. She nods to Fai and then proceeds to move to the left before her slight frame is out of sight.

She doesn't have any sneaking abilities so she takes extra care to be quite. Magic jumps at her fingertips as she gets in position waiting for the four to come into view. She only hopes that Fai can distract them long enough.]

[Fai held up his gu, he was ready or at least he will try and be a good enlough distraction. Upon seeing them he set about using Slow, slowing them down majorly before starting to fire at them.]

[With the four's attention pulled towards Fai Terra steps out and casts. A large black circle surrounds them all as Demi pulls them against the ground.

Her spell does the trick but now they are more interested in her than they are in Fai. Celes holds up a hand and then powerful magic shocks towards Terra lifting her off her feet. Sabin runs forward, his fist posed to punch before all the figures stopped.

Terra is panting heavily when she looks between Fai and the four crystal figures. Her eyes then go to the sky where the Marshmallow mog no longer loomed over the skyline.]

Is it over?

[He looked around, he couldn't see anything except for the fact they had frozen in place and the mellow man was no where in sight. It could be, but he needed to be certain. Taking a few steps towards the now crystal beings he couldn't help but poke them. Nothing.]

Looks like it.

[Terra gives Fai a shaky nod before turning back towards her home.]

I'm sorry. I need to go.

[Without waiting for a response she's off, the ground flying away from her feet.]

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